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With Tre' White being susceptible to being beaten by big, fast WRs in recent weeks, I'm looking forward to his matchup vs. Josh Gordon to see how he responds.  

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I say we make New England 9-7 giving them another loss for four in a row and the Jets make it five.  I still say 28-0 and we blank them at home and play a shut down game capitalizing on mental mistakes and breakdowns.  

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Top 7 Storylines for Bills-Patriots in Week 16

 

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It’s spoiler time for the Buffalo Bills. Their own playoff hopes extinguished, the Bills finish up the year with two cracks at making playoff life difficult, or even impossible, for divisional rivals.

 
It starts with a trip to Foxboro this week, and a matchup with the Patriots. Here are some of the top storylines for the rematch with New England this week:
 
1. CAN THE PATRIOTS LOSE THREE IN A ROW?
2. BILLS BRING NEW WEAPONS TO THE RIVALRY
3. WHO NEEDS THE DRAFT? (KIDDING)
4. DOES GILLETTE STADIUM MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
5. RUNNING BACK HEALTH?
6. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL REMATCH
7. HOW MUCH MORE GRONK?
 
Chris Brown sits down with Head Coach Sean McDermott for this week's Coffee With the Coach. They discuss finishing close games, how undrafted rookies are impacting the team, and a fan asks coach a question via Twitter.
 
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McDermott's Wednesday Media Day Presser at 11:20 AM ET today followed by practice at 12:30 PM.  After practice Josh Allen will meet with the media at the podium with other players being available for locker room interviews. 

 

Will post live Twitter and Facebook presser links as they become available: Buffalo Bills Video Live

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On 12/17/2018 at 1:51 AM, formerlyofCtown said:

I think we win this game.

Pats lose 3 games in a row?  Playing in Gillette in December......Bills offence extremely banged up....Brady never lost to a rookie in his career i believe......i hope the bills win too but no chance on earth this happens......

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1 hour ago, JPP said:

Pats lose 3 games in a row?  Playing in Gillette in December......Bills offence extremely banged up....Brady never lost to a rookie in his career i believe......i hope the bills win too but no chance on earth this happens......

We have weapons and castoffs who are hungry.  Winning this one sets a mark not just for a declining dynasty which might go out nasty.  It also sends a message that Minnesota wasn’t a fluke.  

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2 hours ago, JPP said:

Pats lose 3 games in a row?  Playing in Gillette in December......Bills offence extremely banged up....Brady never lost to a rookie in his career i believe......i hope the bills win too but no chance on earth this happens......

Bookies must love you....

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On 12/16/2018 at 7:43 PM, RiotAct said:

13 points sounds about right... on the road, pretty banged up (on offense), playing a New England team with Tom Brady who is on a two-game losing skid and has a lot to play for.

 

Not to mention we have rarely gotten a good deal from officiating when we play Kraft's team at Gillette  - I think you are probably right about the spread considering how banged up we are. Even if we do have a lead, I don't know if I quite trust our defense to hold it - they shut down Stafford last week, but he was playing with a lot of hurt.

 

As a consolation prize, I would not mind if we knock Brady to the ground every time he drops back to pass and I would not mind if someone rocks Gronk - just a bit of payback for the White hit.

 

This game is a win/win for us. If we lose we are already out of the playoffs and we secure a better draft position, if we win we can take pride in the fact that we sent a clear message that there is a changing of the guard in the AFC East and NE, Brady, and Darth Belicheat are starting their inevitable slide into NFL history.

 

My hope is that with solid drafting, astute free agent pickups, new coaches and front office(s), NE will mount some kind of NFL comeback in 20 years or so, OR once I am dead and gone.

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2 hours ago, WideNine said:

 

Not to mention we have rarely gotten a good deal from officiating when we play Kraft's team at Gillette  - I think you are probably right about the spread considering how banged up we are. Even if we do have a lead, I don't know if I quite trust our defense to hold it - they shut down Stafford last week, but he was playing with a lot of hurt.

 

What is the over/under on questionable calls that go against the Bills?

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23 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

What is the over/under on questionable calls that go against the Bills?

To many bad calls on catching and such.  My feeling is Tom Donaguhybwas the tip of the iceberg.  You have Kraft literally employing folks like Richard Farrelly who was an associate of James “Whitey” Bulger Jr during his infamous time in the FBI along with John Connolly.  For his part Farrelly accepted a plea out of State.  I’m not surprised by Kraft clearing spreads with old Purple contacts given Goodell and Kraft’s families associations out in Detroit.  Protecting each other as it were to keep things even.  

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2 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

What is the over/under on questionable calls that go against the Bills?

 

Take the over with the the Bills giving up +6

 

At least (2) roughing the Brady calls, (3) holds  (2 by Dawkins, 1 by an interior linemen like our center where replays leave the booth baffled), and a minimum of (1) DPI against White and likely (1) against Wallace as he will probably draw Edelman in the slot. Throw in the usual  (1) more for Dawkins being an ineligible receiver downfield on a screen play and you will probably be in the right neighborhood.

 

Last week was an unusual reprieve... I think we could be in for a flag-fest.

 

I believe we have Shawn Smith's officiating crew (unless the schedule has changed) and he seems to be on the high end of tossing flags around.

 

From Pro-Football-Reference site:

in 2018 Smith is averaging 15.85 penalties/game for 142.85 yards 

the league average is 13.51 for a 115.50 yards

 

They were the crew that officiated our game against Chicago earlier this year where:

Chicago was assessed 14 penalties for 129 yards and the Bills were assessed 10 penalties for 163 yards.

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